Viva Frei on that Time article
Well worth watching:
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Journalists, friends, history, and farce
It was Karl Marx who wrote this oft-quoted remark: “Hegel remarks somewhere that all great, world-historical facts and personages occur, as it were, twice. He has forgotten to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” There’s certainly … Continue reading →
The military purge
Actually, the political purge of the military isn’t just beginning. Under Obama, there was a sea-change that involved the top brass, from what we might call “old school” to “new school.” There also was a general movement in the military … Continue reading →
McConnell’s strategy?
I know just about everybody loves to bash McConnell. He’s not my favorite guy either, but one thing I’ve learned over the years that he’s been in power positions in the Senate is not to sell him short (hmmmm – … Continue reading →
Fortress DC
All this Bidenesque healing and normalcy is just so soothing: According to Ken Cuccinelli, the former head of the Department of Homeland Security, Pelosi not only asked for those massive numbers of troops, but she also asked for the Guard … Continue reading →
The filibuster is the key to the Democrats’ far-left agenda
Whatever the recent proposals of the Democrats might be – DC as a state, court-packing, national voting “reform” that would enable voting fraud in the entire country – the key to passing or not passing such bills in the current … Continue reading →
Led by Rand Paul, Republicans say the Senate trial of Citizen Trump is unconstitutional (also, Leahy in hospital for observation)
Of course it is: Forty-five Senate Republicans voted Tuesday to dismiss the trial as unconstitutional. The motion failed by a vote of 45-55, enabling the trial to move forward. But it signifies that a critical mass are leery of the … Continue reading →
Founder of the WalkAway movement Brandon Straka arrested
First they deplatformed him, and now he’s been arrested. The allegations are as follows: Brandon Straka, 44, was arrested on a felony charge of interfering with police during civil disorder. The self-described founder of a movement to “walk away” from … Continue reading →
Washington DC, Biden, and the Democrats: security for me but not for thee
It was understandable that Democrats wanted good security for the inauguration this year. So did Trump in 2017, who had plenty of death threats and hatred thrown his way. But although I’m sure there was security for Trump’s inauguration (and … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ plan wasn’t that hard to see even back in March of 2019
Yesterday I accidentally happened across this post of mine from nearly two years ago. The post was about the Democrats’ desire to abolish the Electoral College, and it was in that context that I wrote the following, which may seem … Continue reading →
Packing the Union: this is a test
Commenter “D. Cohen” describes a problem: One big lack in the constitution is a statement about how small a state can be… Suppose political party A controls a state and both houses of Congress. It can then, constitutionally, have its … Continue reading →
And speaking of truth and the press…
…which I was just doing…I’ve got a question: why does the right believe what the MSM says when it publishes supposed quotes from Republican leaders that are designed to turn the right against the GOP? This is a phenomenon I’ve … Continue reading →